Christmas Tree Cataract

The needles colours vary according to the angle of incident light and in retroillumination reveal only a dim outline of the cataract suggesting that the christmas tree cataract is a diffractive.

Christmas tree cataract. Christmas tree decoration cataract or polychromatic cataract click on image for higher resolution see related older atlas entry. Because the cataract did not cause a significant decrease in vision it was not removed but monitored for progression. Elizabeth gauger md and anna kitzmann md. Christmas tree cataract diffuse illumination of a 70 years old male.

Because the cataract did not cause a significant decrease in vision it was not removed but monitored for progression. They may be seen as a rare variant of senile cataractous development and they are also found with a higher prevalence in patients with. The christmas tree cataract is a rare type of lens opacification characterized by deposits of needle shaped polychromatic cortex deep in the core that can be isolated or associated with other. Christmas tree cataract is typically idiopathic or associated with myotonic dystrophy.

Their colours varied according to the angle of the incident light fig 1b c. Send us your ophthalmic image and its explanation in 150 250 words. Also known as a christmas tree cataract these consist of highly reflective iridescent corneal crystals of various colors. A 73 year old woman referred for cataract surgery had on examination a left christmas tree cataract fig 1a.

Hayes bp fisher rf. Highly reflective iridescent polychromatic crystals were noted within the lens.